Posts Tagged ‘Anna Wintour’

TO the Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum – New York. The theme was Punk: Chaos to Couture. Whoah! Punk, you say. All bullet-hard leather jackets, super-glue hair and snot. The A-list artistes would do counterculture and DIY fashion. Would any be brave enough for a Nazi helmet? Well, no. This is what punk looks like when you hire a stylist to dress you as one. It’s like watching a Hampshire golf club putting on a performance of Derek Jarman’s Jubilee:

THE Webby awards bestow prizes on the best virals and brands on the Internet. They will place what you like into a hierarchy that page views alone cannot satisfy. The freedoms of the internet is sponsored by the likes of AOL, Microsoft and Google.

The best writing prize was won by that upstart breakthrough act The New Yorker. It beat the ruby-cheeked likes of the New York Times, The Economist and Wired. The best blog business was won by… AOL and the Huffington Post, owned by… AOL.The best consumer electronics blog was won by Engadget – owned by… AOL. Google has the best corporate communication blog.

OH, hand-fan your face, girlfriend! The legend that is Anna Wintour has created an “opportunity” to meet her at American Vogue on the 12th floor of 4 Times Square, NY. You don’t just swan in for ritual humiliation, natch. First, you must make a bid for the chance in an online charity auction – here’s the link – and the price to beat as I write is $12,000.

“I finish in May, and I’m really nervous about the fact nobody’s hiring right now,” she said at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards. “I think everyone’s going to have trouble finding a job. I know a lot of people graduating early, and they can’t get anything.”